On 30 September 1860, the first tram service in the UK started operating at Birkenhead on Merseyside.
The tram service was the idea of the (aptly named) George Francis Train, an American entrepreneur who was a pioneer of innovative transport systems.
To mark that historic day, here is a newspaper story from October 1860 that reports on the opening of the Birkenhead tram service.
1 comments On The Opening of the UK’s First Tram Service – Birkenhead, 30 September 1860
It’s amazing to hear that UK’s got its first Tram-train and it’s supposed to be run from 2016. Here are interesting details and images of this tramway i read today: http://www.railway-technology.com/features/featuretram-train-project-sheffield-irr-network-rail-4149853/